Students learn about:

Students learn to:

Course Specifications

·        organising - the process by which data is structured into a form appropriate for use by other information processes

·        how different methods of organising affect processing, for example:

 

·        letters of the alphabet represented as images rather than text

·        numbers represented as text rather than numeric

·        the way in which the

 

hardware used for collection organises data by digitising images, audio, video, numeric and text

 

software for organisation

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non-computer tools for organising

·        hard copy systems such as

o   phone books

o   card catalogues

o   pen and paper forms pen

o   paper methods for organising data

 

·        social and ethical issues associated with organising, including:

 

·        current trends in organising data, such as:

 

·        the increase in hypermedia as a result of the World Wide Web

·        the ability of software to access different types of data

·        a greater variety of ways to organise resulting from advances in display technology

·        the cost of poorly organised data, such as redundant data in a database used for mail-outs

·        choose the most appropriate format for a given set of data and identify and describe the most appropriate software and method to organise it













·        describe how different types of data are digitised by the hardware that collects it





 

·        compare and contrast different methods of organising the same set of data using existing software applications

·        use software to combine data organised in different formats























software for organisation, including:

·        paint and draw software that allows image manipulation

·        mixing software for audio manipulation

·        video processing software that allows arrangement of video and audio clips on a timeline

·        word processors and desktop publishing for the arrangement of text, images and numbers for display

·        spreadsheets for the arrangement of numerical data for processing

·        website creation software that uses hyperlinks to organise data to be displayed in web pages

·        presentation software allowing data to be arranged on slides, providing control over the sequence in

 



Important Words Used in Organising
Definition
  • images
An image (from Latin imago) is an artifact, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject
  • audio
A sound, or a sound signal; Of or relating to audible sound; Of or relating to the broadcasting or reproduction of sound,
  • video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.
  • text
A text is a coherent set of symbols that transmits some kind of informative message.
  • numberic
In computing, floating point describes a system for numerical representation in which a string of digits (or bits) represents a rational number.
hard copy systems
is a type of material suitable for direct use, meaning that the user can read the material directly, rather than having to process it through a computer or some other technology
paper methods for organising data
organising into catogories and sub catagories post it notes will help
current trends in organising data
Brainstorming
Calculators
Capability Indices/Process Capability
Cause & Effect
Control Charts
hypermedia
Hypermedia is used as a logical extension of the term hypertext in which graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks intertwine to create a generally non-linear medium of information